I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold
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I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold, also known as The Figure 5 in Gold, is a 1928 painting by American artist Charles Demuth. It has been described as influenced by Futurism and Cubism.
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William Carlos Williams
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William Carlos Williams was an American poet and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism. His Spring and All was written in the wake of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land. In his five-volume
I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold
…also known as The Figure 5 in Gold, is a 1928 painting by American artist Charles Demuth. It has been described as influenced by Futurism and Cubism. William Carlos Williams claims that the inspiration for the 32-word poem "The Great Figure" (1920) came from seeing a fire engine pass him by, sounding gong clangs and siren…
Portrait by Man Ray, 1924
A selection of William Carlos Williams poetry on a plaque in New York City
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